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In his email, he sounds like he’s fallen down a rabbit hole and landed in a right-wing wonderland. It’s a place where energy and food assistance programs don't properly motivate the poor. And it's a place where media companies are shills for Wall Street bankers who hate coal.

He is the son of Debra Mitchell, the former assistant director of the Public Utilities Department. She was demoted from that job last year after a city investigation found that she violated the city’s nepotism and ethics rules by using her influence as assistant director to get him hired.

An engineering firm hired by the City of Cleveland says slopes supporting the bike trail and surrounding area need to be stabilized. The trail is a key link in the Metroparks' plans for improving connectivity.